Conceptual design and control method for a noncontact annular electromagnetic stabilized satellite platform

Disturbance-Free Payload(DFP)spacecraft can meet the requirements of ultra-high attitude pointing accuracy and stability for future space missions.However,as the main control actuators of DFP spacecraft,Linear Non-Contact Lorentz Actuators(LNCLAs)have control output problems with six-degree-of-freedom coupling and nonlinear effects,which will affect the attitude control performance of DFP spacecraft.To solve this problem,a novel concept for Non-Contact Annular Electromagnetic Stabilized Satellite Platform(NCAESSP)is proposed in this study.The concept is centered on replacing the LNCLAs with a non-contact annular electromagnetic actuator to solve the two problems mentioned above.Furthermore,for the different control requirements of the payload module and the support module of the NCAESSP,a high-precision attitude controller based on the robust model matching method and a dual quaternion-based adaptive sliding mode controller are proposed.Additionally,the simulation results verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed approach.

Recent advances in precision measurement & pointing control of spacecraft

There exists an increasing need for precision measurement&pointing control and extreme motion stability for current and future space systems,e.g.,Ultra-Performance Spacecraft(UPS).Some notable technologies of realizing Ultra-Pointing(UP)ability have been developed particularly for Ultra-accuracy Ultra-stability Ultra-agility(3 U)spacecraft over recent decades.Usually,Multilevel Compound Pointing Control Techniques(MCPCTs)are deployed in aerospace engineering,especially in astronomical observation satellites and Earth observation satellites.Modern controllers and/or algorithms,which are a key factor of MCPCTs for 3 U spacecraft,especially the jitter phenomena that commonly exist in a UPS Pointing Control System(PCS),have also been effectively used in some UP spacecraft for a number of years.Micro-vibration suppression approaches,however,are often proposed to deal with low-level mechanical vibration or disturbance in the microgravity environment that is common for UPS.This latter approach potentially is one of the most practical UP techniques for 3 U tasks.Some emerging advanced Disturbance-Free Payload(DFP)satellites that exploit the benefits of non-contact actuators have also been reported in the literature.This represents an interesting and highly promising approach for solving some challenging problems in the area.This paper serves as a state-of-the-art review of UP technologies and/or methods which have been developed,mainly over the last decade,specifically for or potentially could be used for 3 U spacecraft pointing control.The problems discussed in this paper are of reference significance to UPS and millisecond optical sensors,which are involved in Gaofeng Project,deep space exploration,manned space flight,and gravitational wave detection.